Fargo Season 4 Cinematographer and Director Dana Gonzales masterfully re-creates 1950s Kansas City with an alluring Kodachrome revival. Learn how Dana blends vintage Astro Berlin and modern Zeiss Supreme lenses with a fine-tuned recipe of stylized filters to create the shows look.

Dana and Go Creative Show host, Ben Consoli, discuss season 4 visual references, recreating Kodachrome, Autochrome and Tri-X film stocks, Dana's experience directing Chris Rock and an A-list cast, creating the vintage mugshot look, filming black and white , and more!

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What you will learn in this episode

Unique challenges of an anthology series (01:34)
Approach to Fargo season 4 (06:10)
Working with an A-list cast (09:14)
The amount of prep involved in creating season 4's visual style (15:28)
Recreating the Kodachrome look (24:42)
Approach to lighting (40:54)
Creating the mugshots look in season 4 (43:55)
Shooting on the Alexa mini LF (46:47)
Filming an episode in black and white (51:30)
Transitioning from cinematographer to director (01:03:18)
Directing Chris Rock and other talent (01:12:42)
Directing internal power struggles with characters (01:19:21)
Advice for aspiring cinematographers (01:24:43)
And more!

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